North Carolina Broadband Bill Shelved > Funny Stuff

said by pnh102:

Why don't private citizens who want this gather some like-minded investors and deploy this service on their own?

said by sturmvogel:

Because that requires organization and time. Private citizens usually are occupied with day to day activities like WORK to make money to pay taxes and provide for their families.

said by sturmvogel:

So then companies that have dedicated staff do take advantage and PLAN activities that will be detrimental to those said citizens and that is why we have GOVERNMENT to watch out on behalf of those citizens.

said by pnh102:

No kidding? Who knew that anything worth doing would be, you know, hard and stuff.

Just about every other private business out there had rocky and difficult starts.

Perhaps if government actually did what you claim, it would be a little more judicious about spending money, especially when there are claims (many of which I personally don't believe) that tax revenue is "down."

said by sturmvogel:

The only way to fight corporatism is either by a socialist revolution or by anti trust action by the government. Socialist revolution is not what I would consider a good choice.

said by pnh102:

That is silly. At least with most private ventures, people still have the choice to not participate if they feel they are not getting a good value for the money.

If I don't like how my government does things, I can't withhold a tax payment on the condition that it changes how it does business.

said by sturmvogel:

Of course you can. You can move where there are no roads, mail, fire fighting service nor hospitals and probably very little taxes.